Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 641 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 42.4 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 51.3 35% 44.2 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 35.6 36% 45.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2436 (B1) Unknown 100 100 282549 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 764298 (F2) Unknown 100 100 471828	46.7% Average	Read 315 Write 209 Mixed 187 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 11.2 66% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 10.7 18% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 86 23845600 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4555969985 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2430 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1144 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 196 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44803 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 137155485640391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 105453660582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1839660678631	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 196 Mixed 102 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16